Noisy Cicadas Are Emerging Earlier

March 22, 2021

Noisy Cicadas Are Emerging Earlier

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March 22, 2021

Environment

Noisy Cicadas Are Emerging Earlier

More and more broods are crawling out of the ground sooner than expected

By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News

Evolution

A Tsunami Likely Hurled Huge Rocks onto a Tiny Island

A Caribbean island's giant rocks were thought to be deposited by enormous waves

By Katherine Kornei

Policy & Ethics

Prosecuting Asian-American Scientists for Espionage Is a Shortsighted Strategy

Overeager indictments stifle international collaboration, cause a drain of intellectual capital and violate citizens' civil rights

By Alicia Lai

Biology

Pilot Whales Show Possible Orca-Mimicking Repertoire

Southern long-finned pilot whales' calls could help them outsmart an apex predator

By Doris Elín Urrutia

Space

How to Photograph a (Possible) Alien Artifact

We don't know if the interstellar object 'Oumuamua was natural or artificial—but a new telescope coming online in a few years could help us identify the next one

By Avi Loeb

Behavior & Society

Climate Anxiety Is an Overwhelmingly White Phenomenon

Is it really just code for white people wishing to hold onto their way of life or to get "back to normal?"

By Sarah Jaquette Ray

Public Health

We Need Social Science, Not Just Medical Science, to Beat the Pandemic

Human behavior and social inequity are huge confounding factors

By Nicholas Dirks

Space

Was the Interstellar Object 'Oumuamua a Nitrogen Iceberg?

If so, as has recently been suggested, there are likely many more such icebergs moving between star systems

By Avi Loeb

Public Health

Charles Blow Tells You How to Actually Fight Racism

The New York Times columnist discusses police brutality, racial disparities of the pandemic and diversifying the workplace

By Bernadette Bynoe

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